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Published online 26 December 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051219-18
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Language colours vision
The left brain may view the world through the prism of language.
Our perception of colours can depend on whether we view them from the left or the right, scientists have found. They say this demonstrates how language can alter the way we see the world.
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